In the last week, I saw some great product launches that promised you easy money for less work and super secret formulas to riches. Some of these programs will definitely put you, the aspiring online marketer, in more debts if you’re struggling for money and need some quick money to pay your bills. Some of the highlights of last week’s launches are: a Post Card Mailing System for $2,995, an unbelievable system of Copy and Paste to Make Money Online if you join some Affiliate Classroom, another high priced course called CPA Tsunami, and much more. Today, I will talk about a motivation technique to make money online. And it is free. You don’t have to join any program.
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You see, I believe in making money online idea because I do make money online. But I don’t believe that you can start making money online simply because you join a program that promises pie in the sky; and unfortunately most of them do. One of the most important ingredient of making money online is the motivation.
The Internet Marketers believe that you are motivated and inspired when you see people driving fast cars, enjoying expensive vacations, or living in beach front houses. If you are motivated by these factors and wasting your time watching these type of videos, then I am sorry to tell you that the Internet Marketer has found the right person to hawk their products.
I sign up to receive information about many product launches. There is no other way. I have to give them my email address because the Internet Marketers want to fill my inbox with sales pitches, disguised as valuable information, inspirational stories, etc. Sometimes I have to also give my phone number. I don’t lie. I give my real phone number.
Many times I get calls from Internet Marketing companies and their first question is, “why do want to start a business? why do you want to make money?” These type of questions are extremely moronic for me. As soon as I hear it, I know that they are looking for people whom they can offer motivational speeches to sell their products. Often I reply, “I want to make money for the same reason you want to make money by selling your stuff to me.“
When they ask these type of questions, they are trying to find your weakness and exploit it. For example, if you say “I want to start a business because I want to quit my job.” Now they can tailor their sales pitches and make you feel good that you can easily quit your job if you join their programs. This is exactly how it works. So, be aware of what you are getting into when you are confronted with these types of questions.
You definitely need motivation to succeed in any business and online business is no different. But the real question is how do you know if you have the true motivation that will lead you to success? Or how do you develop that motivation? The first test is the time you are spending in acquiring free or low cost information and digesting it to knowledge.
If you believe that you can make millions by joining a program, specially an expensive program, then you are trying to take the easy path which may not lead to your success.
Lots of information that you typically get when you join a program is already there in the Web for free. You have to just find it. You may counter my argument by saying that, “what if I don’t want to spend my time in finding free information which I can buy it for a price and save my time.“
In that case, you have to first put a value to your time. Let’s say some information costs you $20 but you can get that same information for free if you spend one hour searching for it. What do you do? You need to ask yourself, “can I make $21 doing something else in the same amount of time I am going to spend searching for the free information?” If you can make $21, go buy that information. Otherwise, get motivated to find that information for free.
So, get yourself motivated by searching for free information that you need today.
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